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Transcription
Douglas A. Bell
1987
Catalog
172336
D48 Larus occidentalis
159 Location: Tomales Point, Marin Co., Calif. 1/2 mi. North McCleure's Beach,
Skeleton & Point Reyes Nat'l Seashore.
Left Wing Date: June 5, 1987
Sex: ♀ 12 ora ≥ 0.32 cm
Wt: 1000 grms Fat: Good
Wing length: 40 cm (Right) Chord: 135.5 cm
Primary length: 10: 27.7 cm 7: 25.4 cm
9: 27.7 cm 6: 23.5 cm
8': [illegible] 26.6 cm 5: 22.0 cm
Tail: 14.7 cm Pigmented shafts
Tarsus: 6.01 cm (left) TIB: 6.25 cm Out: 5.96 cm
Toes: IN: 4.55 cm Hal: 0.44 cm
Head length: 12.39 cm
Bill length: 5.70 cm Post Nares: 3.38 cm
Bill depth: Cornys: 2.01 cm Ant Nares: 1.95 cm
Bill width: 1.25 cm Post Nares: 1.75 cm
Brood patches: 3 - but all refathering.
Bill Color: 10 YR 3/10
Eyeing Color: 10 YR 7/10
Sides: 5 Y 8/4 Very little pigment.
Legs: 7.5 R 8/2
Remarks: Shot on beach. Right wing: P° 10-3; 2 in molt.
Squid in stomach.